Fertility enshrined in a carving
Wondering why a woman in Ghana is likened to the Akuaba doll? It is typical to hear praises sang about concepts like power, beauty, wealth, riches, love, death, marriage, puberty trans-culture. Beauty as depicted...
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When The Challenged Excel Just As Any Other
The medieval times in Africa marked a dangerous era for the disabled child. Mythical stories and theories by oracles branded the disabled (physically, nervous, intellectually challenged) as a child of a river (river goddess)....
The Only Child Left To Be Rescued
Long long ago when Africa was deemed to be a hinterland, I was there and enjoyed a presumed protection from my supposed mother of same age as me. She called to me across the...
Ghana at 57- A Big Joke!
Wow, Ghana is 57 today! Is this ceremonial day braced with satisfaction and pride or does it bring us the cherished people of Ghana the consciousness that really we are currently in a state...
Ethnicity: Should it be the Reason for Us to Slit Each Others Throat?
Like an unending battle, Ghana has been constantly fighting inter-ethnic conflicts which seem to emerge as a result of each trying to present themselves as the most superior group to the other. Culturally, almost...
The Authorities On Inter City Transit ‘Trotro’ Buses
I bet this piece should have been spinning on the page of ‘trotro diaries’ (bus diaries) but for the essence of addressing local issues, I deem it necessary to pin it to my wall....
10 shocking facts about the African lover
“There are four questions of value in life… What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the...
Why Lustrous African Beads Should Be For Everyone
Many people wear beads for various reasons and in different ways. For the pure African, beads are not just colourful accessories but a sense of cultural relish. The origin of beads can be traced...
Is religion devouring Ghanaians?
What people associate with as faith, usually based on doctrines and mysteries, come across as a phenomenon termed as religion. Culture on the other hand is simply the lifestyle of a group of people....
Just one life to live – Komla Dumor
It is one thing to knock on the warrior’s door and another, to open it. Well, the fact is, doors and warriors are worlds apart, so what has it got to do with today’s...
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